Little house in the sky

Well, we just thought we'd let you know that we finally have a place to move to in June! We got a 1-bedroom, 705 square foot apartment right across from the Pentagon City Metro stop in Arlington, VA. The complex has three tall, square buildings, probably built in the 1970s. They aren't pretty, but they rent in volume, so the prices are a little lower. From the 17th floor of our building, you can probably see the Potomac River and the Washington Monument. We are very relieved. It's been tough to get into this complex. Metro accessible apartments tend to be in high demand, especially ones like this that are relatively inexpensive (believe me, that's in relative terms). David has been calling every morning for over a week, hoping that something would open up. We missed one apartment by 15 minutes, per their rule that the first person to fax in an application gets it. I'm glad we missed that one, though. This apartment is just about everything that I prayed for. It's on the 12th floor, so that means no street noise. It's a little smaller, but that means its on the cheaper end of things, so we can breathe a small sigh of financial relief. And its available right when we wanted to move. We're planning to pack up and head out of Alabama on June 10, and our apartment will be ready for us on June 13th. I'm very thankful for this blessing. We'll be seeing those of you on the east coast really soon.